Tech Lessons for the week of May 7 - 11

Hey everyone! I know that no one is counting down the days that we have left (after today, 9 plus a teacher day😁) for this school year, but we have 2 weekly blogs remaining for the 2017-18 school year!!! I hope that these have been a quick way to see what all of us are doing in the classroom with technology integration. It also gives us the ability to continue to collaborate without really collaborating, if that makes sense. If you see something that you want to do and you would like to have more information about that technology tool, then please contact me. I'll put my email at the bottom of this blog.

*Do NOT forget if you have a lesson involving technology, please send me a short description of how you used the tech tool and a few pictures! This puts your classroom on display to share with others within the district!!!!

Last week, I was luckily walking by some classrooms that were using technology within their lessons/projects, and I was able to take a few photos and get a description of what was going on in their classroom. I will be showing you some pictures of some students using the following technology tools: Screencastify, Google Sheets, and Kahoot.


Mr. Black had his Spanish students use Screencastify to create different skits while speaking Spanish. Once the students were finished with their skits, their peers had to provide feedback and discuss the conversations within the skit.

 


Mrs. Huber and Mrs. Meyer had their students create a Kahoot. A Kahoot is typically a "quiz" that looks like a game and can be made very quickly. Mrs. Huber's students created a Kahoot for their classmates to play! Students included images, "trick" questions, and they were competitive while they were playing each Kahoot! If you give some "power" to the students, they can really take that freedom and make something creative, productive, and successful. Also, when they get to show their work to the class, two things happen (and probably more): they will give a better effort because their peers will see their final product and students will be more engaged that way. If you want to check it out, here is the link, Kahoot.

 

Mr. Johnson's class had me come back after last week's Google Forms session to talk about the "Response" tab in Google Forms and Google Sheets. We looked at their data from their surveys and created formulas that told us the mean, median, and the mode. Students also saw that it was imperative to be organized within their sheet so they learned how to apply color to cells.

 

He made this bat for himself. There is no chance that he got this from another human. 😂

Last week seemed to be about student choice with some guidance. That can be very important so students feel empowered and to be accountable for their finished product, whatever that might be. Students begin to feel a part of the process instead of being THE process. If a student's idea is used, it will make it more meaningful, enjoyable, and everlasting to them. Nice job teachers!!!


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